A file photo of a Recology truck doing a pickup in San Francisco. A man was struck and killed by a Recology garbage truck Friday morning in San Francisco's Tenderloin

A file photo of a Recology truck doing a pickup in San Francisco. A man was struck and killed by a Recology garbage truck Friday morning in San Francisco's Tenderloin

Photo: Sean Havey, The Chronicle

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Police at the scene of a fatal crash between a Recology garbage truck and a bicyclist at 16th Street and South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco on May 23, 2013.

Police at the scene of a fatal crash between a Recology garbage truck and a bicyclist at 16th Street and South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco on May 23, 2013.

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S.F. garbage truck hits, kills pedestrian

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A man was struck and killed by a Recology garbage truck Friday in San Francisco's Tenderloin, police said, the second pedestrian fatality in the city in less than 24 hours.

The crash happened on Jones Street, which runs one way southbound, at the intersection of Antonio Street about 7:45 a.m.

Preliminary witness reports indicated that the pedestrian was walking behind the truck, and that the truck backed over him, said police Sgt. Danielle Newman.

Witnesses included John Lu, the manager of a restaurant on Jones Street that had a camera pointed at the road. After viewing the footage, Lu said it showed the truck back up slowly and roll over the victim as he crossed Jones Street. There is no crosswalk at Antonio Street.